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A massive customized Water Tower condo belonging to Oprah Winfrey has been listed for $7.75 million. The listing Monday by Baird Warner features four bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half baths across 9,600 square feet. Homeowner's Association fees for the duplex are $9,000 a month. Listing agent Pamela Sage of Baird & Warner could not be reached for comment. Winfrey bought her first unit in Water Tower Place in 1985, when she purchased a 57th-floor unit for an undisclosed amount.

Construction is expected to begin next month on a one million-gallon water tower in Frankfort. "It will take care of the present needs, and it will also take care of any (development) that's going to take place in the future," Trustee Dick Trevarthan said. The Village Board voted unanimously Monday to hire Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. to build the tower for $2.5 million. A second firm bid $4.2 million for the project, which is expected to take nine to 12 months. No audience members addressed the issue at the meeting, though officials said there previously had been complaints that the tower at 80th Avenue and Steger Road would mar the bucolic view for nearby residents.

St. Charles aldermen decided to move forward with the construction of a round, 1.5 million-gallon water tower at the corner of Red Gate Road and Route 25. Construction of the new Red Gate Water Tower will cost the city about $3.6 million - double the estimated cost to build a tower that holds 1 million gallons, as previously planned, officials said at a committee meeting Monday night. Work is scheduled to begin in the next fiscal year, city officials said. The average taxpayer will pay about $6 more annually for the 1.5 million gallon tank than they would have paid for the 1 million gallon tank, according to city documents.

Frankfort is seeking community input on Breidert Green and a new water tower and an architect's advice on a third. Public forums for input on a new stage at Breidert Green is scheduled for Friday and for a new water tower on Oct. 3. The Village Board this week also approved at least $171,000 in fees for Linden Group, the architectural firm selected to oversee a $3 million expansion of the village Administration building. Frankfort put the brakes on the project when the recession hit, and trustees have been holding their meetings in the police station basement for the past five years.

Three weeks after a water tank fell from the roof of a landmark North Side building, injuring three people, city officials don't know what caused it to fall and don't plan to launch an investigation. Officials also will not seek immediate inspections of the more than 150 water towers in Chicago, Buildings Department spokesman Bill McCaffrey said. Water towers are examined every five years as part of routine iron inspections. Any insight on what caused the wooden tank to tumble off the Brewster building in the Lakeview neighborhood last month will come from the building's owners, who are expected to deal with the issue when they apply for a permit to begin repairs, McCaffrey said.

Two people injured when a water tower fell off a landmark North Side building Wednesday filed a lawsuit Friday charging the building's condominium association with negligence. Jack Baginski, 29, was helping his girlfriend, Lauren Hussar, 27, move out of a building next to the Brewster building at 2800 N. Pine Grove Ave. when a wooden tank filled with water fell from the top of the eight-story Brewster and crashed into the alley below, according to the lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

Two people injured when a water tower fell off the landmark Brewster building in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood filed a lawsuit Friday against the building's condominium association in Cook County Circuit Court. Jack Baginski, 29, was helping his girlfriend Lauren Hussar, 27, move out of a building next door to the Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove Ave. when a wooden water tank fell from the eight story Brewster and crashed to the alley below, according to the lawsuit. Hussar was seriously injured in the incident and remains at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

A water tank that toppled from the top of a landmark eight-story building near Diversey Harbor on Wednesday morning injured three people, one critically, and rattled a city that has worked to preserve the wooden rooftop structures. It wasn't clear what caused the tank - one of fewer than 180 left in the city - to fall from the 120-year-old Brewster building. Neighbors and witnesses described hearing a loud roar as the tank crashed to the ground, spewing a wave of water and debris.

Child endangerment charges have been filed against a woman who left her two grandchildren, 4 and 5, inside a car with its windows rolled up for nearly an hour in 86-degree heat while returning face cream at Macy's Water Tower, police said. Shirley Sims, 53, of the 1500 block of South Karlov Avenue, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering the life and health of a child, police said. A Water Tower security officer noticed the car parked illegally in a tow zone in the 100 block of East Pearson Street, its horn beeping, and flagged down police around 5:50 p.m. Sunday, according to police.